YMCA national short-course swimming championship to return to Greensboro Aquatic Center in 2018-2020

YMCA national short-course swimming championship to return to Greensboro Aquatic Center in 2018-2020

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 5:26 PM EDT Jun 20, 2017

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT NICOLE: THE TRIAD WILL CONTINUETO HOST TO THE NATION'S TOPYOUTH SWIMMING COMPETITION FORTHE NEXT 3 YEARS.TALITHA: AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLYBIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING FROM THEGREENSBORO AQUATIC CENTER TODAY.BILL O'NEIL IS IN GREENSBOROWITH MORBILL: THIS PLACE IS GETTINGBIGGER.IN ADDITION TO EXTENDING ITSCONTRACT TO HOST THE YMCACOMPETITION, THE AQUATIC CENTERANNOUNCED IT IS ADDING A FOURTHPOOL.DESIGN CONCEPTS WERE IN VAILTODAY.THE $7 MILLION POOL, PART OF A20 MILLION BOND PROJECT ALREADYAPPROVED, IS EXPECTED TO OPEN BYTHE JANUARY OF 2019.>> OUR CAPACITY KEEPS GROWINGAND GROWING.THIS IS GOING TO MAKE US AN EVENMORE UNIQUE FACILITY.BILL A NEW POOL AND AN EXTENDED: CONTRACT FROM YMCA OF THE USA,EXTENDING ITS NATIONAL SHORTCOURSE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 3-MOREYEARTHE EVENT REPORTEDLY BRINGS 1600ELITE SWIMMERS AND THEIRFAMILIES TO GSO.>> FROM OVER 200 YMCA SWIMPROGRAMS NATIONWID, THEY WILLALL BE RETURNING TO GREENSBOROFOR 3 MORE YEARS.PHIL THE CITY'S CONVENTION AND: -- BILL THE CITY'S CONVENTION: AND VISITORS BUREAU SAYS THATTRANSLATES INTO MILLIONS OFDOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.>> TOTALING OVER 18,000 ROOMNIGHTS AND BOASTING AN ECONOMICIMPACT FOR GREENSBORO.>> WE WANT TO BE EVERYTHING FOREVERYBODY.HAVING A FOURTH POOL AND 15ADDITIONAL LANES ALLOWS US TOCONTINUE TO HOST THESE MAJORNATIONAL MEETS, AT THE SAME TIMESERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.BILL: THIS AQUATIC CENTER HASHAD SO MUCH SUCCESS THAT THEMAYO NANCY VON JOKED TODAY THATSIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITYCOUNCIL VOTED TO BUILD THISBUILDING, THE VOTE WAS 5-4.SHE SAID TODAY JOKINGLY, NO ONEIS CLAIMING THEY VOTED AGAINST

YMCA national short-course swimming championship to return to Greensboro Aquatic Center in 2018-2020

Greensboro, NC, has been selected to host the YMCA’s National Short Course Swimming Championship in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The annual event is the nation’s top youth swimming competition.

YMCA of the USA, the national resource office, selected Greensboro based on the significant community support evidenced during the site visit and previous years hosting; the quality and capacity of its event site; the enthusiastic support demonstrated by the Greater Greensboro YMCA leadership; and a community history of providing quality sporting event experiences to participants. More than 1,600 swimmers from 200 plus Ys nationwide will compete at the event each year with the support of an additional 5,000 parents, coaches and volunteers.

“We are excited and confident that Greensboro will continue to make our national championship meets extraordinary for our youth athletes and their coaches,” said Lindsay Mondick, Senior Manager of Aquatics for YMCA of the USA. “We look forward to celebrating the very best in YMCA swimming in this state-of-the-art venue. Our athletes and their families make significant sacrifices to help them reach their full potential. We owe it to all of them to make this an experience both in and out of the pool that will be remembered for a lifetime. We believe we have found such a place in Greensboro.”

Advertisement

The Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) has hosted the YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championship annually since 2012, including the 2017 Championship this past April. Later this summer (July 31- Aug. 4), the GAC will host the 2017 YMCA National Long Course Championship for the first time, making the Greensboro Aquatic Center the first venue to ever host the YMCA’s National Long and Short Course Championship in the same year.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to build on the strong relationship we have with YMCA of the USA,” said GAC manager Susan Braman. “YMCA championships are among the largest and most prestigious events we have ever hosted at the GAC.”

The 2017 YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championship featured swimmers from 28 states and generated more than 6,100 hotel room nights for the Greensboro community. The Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates the 2018-2020 Championships will generate more than $12.8 million in economic impact.

“These championships have an enormous effect on our local hospitality industry and we look forward to continuing to welcome YMCA swimmers and their families from around the country to Greensboro,” said Greensboro Area Convention & Visitor Bureau president Henri Fourrier.

The 2018-2020 YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championships will be hosted by the Greensboro Aquatic Center in cooperation with the Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greensboro Sports Commission, Tournament Host Committee of Greensboro, Greensboro Coliseum Complex, YMCA of Greensboro and the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel and Joseph S. Koury Convention Center.